A new survey conducted by the Smith Institute shows that two-thirds of the public agree with the claim that the active immigration of those who do not identify as Jews at the time of their immigration constitutes a danger to Israel's identity as a Jewish state.
This is compared to 21% who did not agree with the claim and 13% who did not express an opinion.
The survey - commissioned by the Institute for Israeli Immigration Policy and covering 500 respondents among the Jewish population - was conducted against the background of a government decision earlier this week to approve the uploading of thousands of waiting camps in Addis Ababa and Gondar in Ethiopia.
53% of supporters of the claim identified themselves as "Yesh Atid" voters in the last election, the party of the Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Pnina Temano Sheta.
The survey also examined a number of options for raising citizens from foreign countries.
63% of the Jewish public support the possibility of immigrating on the basis of the Law of Return only (according to their recognition as Jews), and only 24% supported on the basis of family reunification.
Support among Yesh Atid supporters was divided a little differently: 51% argued that the increase should be allowed only on the basis of the Law of Return, and 37% on the basis of family reunification.
The survey also examined public attitudes regarding the unique situation in Ethiopia, after already at the beginning of the millennium it was determined that there were no Jews left in the country while at the same time, the findings of the Central Bureau of Statistics showed that in 2019-2013 only 2% of immigrants were registered as Jews.
This is while the lists that are being formed these days are based entirely on family reunification and not on the Law of Return.
Based on these data, the survey found that between 52% and 58% of the public oppose granting immigration approval based on family reunification only, and are more supportive of immigration under the Law of Return.
27% -28% support immigration on the basis of family reunification and about 20% did not express an opinion.
The Center for Israeli Immigration Policy said: "The security fence that stopped the infiltration from Africa has been completely breached. The Jewish Agency and government ministries have simply opened a detour and continue to bring tens of thousands of non-Jews to Israel, although it has been proven time and time again that the connection between them and Judaism is very weak. In the form of the Law of Return against this new infiltration, which is being carried out under the guise of incompetence by the authorities and on the basis of family reunification. "
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